The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-30
ABRAM-A STUDY.

4 llail ri thl q Aiis-- PIC icst'Gl-l-- tAr
Was very near-sighted, and bent over un-
I'll his eyes seemed 10 rest on the newspa-
per. Ii vas only a piece Of newspaper,
and while all was soiled, part was stained
with blood notwithstanding. he was -
aueh absorbed in il contents that he
did not hear the shrill tones Of a woman :
voice that seemed 70 pierce the very
boards Of which the wo0d-house was
made
Abrtm Oh, Abram r.
The man did not stir
Abram Abe Abrahaui-m."
The wood-house door darkened- There
entered a woman with red hair, in a
green alpaca dress, over which shone u
long and osteHsible gold chain
Mercy on ue, Mr.. wilkins, Didn't We
hear she's eaIlin You everywhere. +"
Why no, Araminty. If she's calling,
I .ought TO hear | expect she wants
something, If shes calling
- Wantin', Her hands are in the -four.
and she's out Of lard"
IT'S shame she's had 20 wait. and
shes - busy, said the man, still sitting.
Bat. Araminty, my mind Is 50 flied up
about this business in Egypt -
- Ye don't SAY have they been lyn.h-
in anybody down in Pulaski eoun-
ty3r
This Is Egypt way over in Africa, Ar
aininty.-
Now l ought 10 have knoNed that, -
said the girl, admiringly. as she seated
herself Oh the slw-buek. Your mind Is
always a-roamin' round in fJIrTin COIN
tries. maxim itselfat home.
You see. Araminty. the English Gen
eral Gordon l. shut up there al Khartoom
and WoIseley's all this time fooiin' round
on the Nile.
Nile the >criptur Nile2" asked the
-irl. Dye mean % tell me they're run
min that old river vet ~
Why. yes Khartoom Il on the Niie.
where the river forks, you know
Wei. I never An 'spo-e there are
bulrushes an everything Just a. natural
Il ever
I suppose -, said the man. cautions
ly. Bat I'm mighty worried Why
don't be Strengthen stewart 20 meet them
Arabs e-
Arabs them's Africans, Amt they 81
Nrw kind Of. -aid Abrau. doubt
fully.
IT beats me all holler. I thought all
them Old Scriptur' places were laid on the
shelf. sacred ike. an here's Bible-read-
in nation ightin' over them golden sands
aith a passel Of nigsers. II dos seem
blasphemious ! s'pose an Englishuian
wouldn't think nothin' II chippin' Of q
piece Of Lots wife 20 salt his mush.-
But Abrami, mind ran on graver
matters.
" lat Wolsely ought to do i TO
mount his nag and head the column
" do declare Mr.. wilkins, We ought 20
be- in the army You DO seem 10 have
such an understandin' of fghtin' WAYS
- / vas soldier once, Araminty but
you SER I've lost two Of my front teeth.
and can't bite otfthe cartridges
sure enough. that's a pity. But, she
added, her face lighting up you could
tell them when 10 shoot
Araminta Ara-min-ta r.
e. On. laws. I clean forgot there she Is
ca.lia' me
Araminty, YOU needn't mention me
when you 20 in. I'll come when finish
this The girl began loading her arms
with wood
Sc Araminty.7 said the man, a. she star
ted out, / wish the butcher would BE- a
little more particular when he wraps up
the meat There are some places l can't
quite make out"
The roast came in brown paper To-
day, but did see a piece Of neaslin round
Millions boots that has been ccbbled. III
ut il furyou-
Oh /" sighed the man, if could get
Just one whole fresh paper Of my own
But Philey Is 30 particular about the
change. II seems to me she knows the
price Of everything that vas ever made.
Some day am determined TO assert my
selt. Araminty | zin. some morning /
ana going 20 stand Oui on the front pave
Enent and buy paper Of a newsboy, if il
Gusts me as much a. five cents. What's
more. III sit down On the front steps, in
the face of all the hoariers. and read eve
N word Of il
Ar-a-min-ia-a =
Yes'm: Im eomin' a. fast a. can,
the girl shouted back. The man resumed
his reading.
A young girl twiriing her dust-brush
came swinging into the hot basement
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